I also have a hired vet who does nothing. It doesn't help that the management menu doesn't spell things out clearly. It says Don't Clean and Don't Treat Patients, or Treat Patients, and Clean, but it doesn't say which one is which! Does clicking on don't treat patients select or DEselect that option? Would have been much better to say "Have simname treat patients" and "Have simname stop treating patients" so you KNOW which option is selected....not that it much matters, since they just stand around all day anyway. EDIT: so it seems your hired vet will do the opposite of what pops up under management. My current employee is (finally!) seeing a patient. Dunno what she was waiting for...